Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop test coverage aligned with project risk and effectively communicate coverage decisions and trade-offs to both the team and the client.

• Engage in backlog refinement and story shaping, contributing to the formulation of testable acceptance criteria prior to the commencement of development.

• Design test cases for user stories and features in collaboration with the agile team.

• Collaborate with developers throughout each sprint to identify issues early, clearly reproduce defects, and work together on resolutions.

• Conduct hands-on testing against acceptance criteria throughout the duration of each project.

• Organize regression testing and scheduled client testing, utilizing automation where applicable.

• Maintain visibility of quality status for leads, product owners, and clients, ensuring it is kept current.

• Assess mid-project changes for their impact on testing activities.

• Estimate QA efforts, accurately track time, and identify conflicts between test coverage and budget constraints.

• Enhance QA processes for increased efficiency and reliability.

• Investigate and implement AI-assisted testing tools and methodologies.

• Direct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with clients, articulating quality status and risk to non-technical stakeholders.

• Take ownership of quality assurance for complex, data-driven, web-based applications and websites throughout the agile software development lifecycle.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience as a Quality Engineer on an agile development team, responsible for test strategy and execution across the entire project lifecycle.

• Ability to discern where automation provides value versus where hands-on testing is a more effective approach.

• Experience in creating comprehensive test plans and test cases, adjusting coverage as requirements evolve.

• Strong foundational knowledge of websites, web applications, APIs, databases, mobile applications, Windows applications, and cloud systems.

• Capacity to manage multiple client projects simultaneously.

• Familiarity with working within defined budgets or billable-hours frameworks.

• Exceptional attention to detail with a knack for identifying practical solutions to quality challenges in collaboration with teammates.

• Excellent technical writing, verbal communication, and presentation skills.

• Preferred experience with Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira, or other agile work tools.

• Preferred experience with AI applications in test design, test data generation, or defect analysis.

• Preferred experience in test automation, particularly with Playwright.

• Preferred experience planning tests for large-scale projects.

• Previous consulting experience is preferred.

• Preferred knowledge of Microsoft stack technologies such as C#, .NET, SQL Server, and Azure.

• Preferred experience with content management systems like Umbraco.

• Preferred background in software development.

• Legal authorization to work in the United States is required.

• Ability to pass a criminal background check prior to the start date of employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Option to work from home or remotely from any location of your choice.

• Flexible working hours.

• Compensation for hours worked beyond 40 hours per week.

• Professional development opportunities: 100 hours per year.

• Clearly defined career paths without necessitating a transition into management.

• Profit-sharing bonuses.

• Medical insurance coverage of up to 84% of the monthly premium (HSA options available).

• HSA contribution of up to $200 per month.

• Dental and vision insurance covering up to 50% of the monthly premium costs.

• 401(k) plan with company matching up to 4% of salary.

• Profit-sharing bonus of up to 15% of salary, paid quarterly.

• Additional compensation for work exceeding 40 hours per week.

• Employee referral and customer referral bonuses.

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) available for dependent care and healthcare expenses.

• Short Term Disability benefits: $500 per week for 12 weeks.

• Long Term Disability coverage of up to $6,000 per month.

• Group term life and AD&D insurance coverage of $50,000.

• Paid time off (PTO), standard holidays, and two floating holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Staff development program offering 100 hours per year plus coverage for training costs.

• Flexibility for remote-first work arrangements.